Turn-Taking als Merkmal interaktionaler Kompetenz in einem Virtual Exchange –

Abstract

This article investigates turn-taking as a feature of Second Language Interactional Competence (L2 IC) within a Virtual Exchange (VE) project involving undergraduate English Foreign Language (EFL) students. Through Conversation Analysis (CA), a German-Israeli focus group (n = 4) is monitored over seven online meetings. VE, or Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL), is a telecollaboration method involving participants from different cultures or geographical regions. The study refers to the Extended Telecollaboration Practice Project, with English as the target language serving as a Lingua Franca. Turn-taking processes within the focus group are considered and discussed, utilizing GAT2 transcription excerpts. Since the data pertains to a group of participants over the course of a semester, aspects of longitudinal conversation analysis are also incorporated.